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Soul Carriage Series: New Directors/New Films [March 26 - April 6, 2008] Director: Conrad Clark, Release: 2007, Runtime: 88 Desperately in need of cash, Xinren, a young worker at a Shanghai construction site, takes on the onerous task of returning the body of a co-worker who died on the job to his family. Nasty as the chore may be, it seems simple enough—but nothing is simple in a changing China. As Xinren works his way from the city to the countryside – in opposition to the direction most workers go for jobs – looking for someone, anyone, who will acknowledge the dead man, we witness his growing isolation, as his only companion is the body in the back of his van. First-time filmmaker Conrad Clark (who received the New Directors Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival) spent two years in China researching the country’s shift towards urbanization and has created a daring work in which the environment is a major character. Beautifully shot, this story of modernity overtaking tradition serves as a metaphor for Chinese migrant workers searching for material – and spiritual – fulfillment. China/UK Thu Apr 3: 8:45pm (WRT) Sat Apr 5: 1:00pm (MoMA) Born in Taunton, England, Conrad Clark studied cinema and received a master’s degree in anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Following two years of field research in China, Soul Carriage is his feature-length debut.

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